Review of Smicromorpha Girault (Hymenoptera: Chalcididae) with description of a new species from India Author Binoy, C. 0000-0002-4999-1971 Insect Ecology and Ethology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Calicut, Kerala- 673635, India. & Systematic Entomology Laboratory, Malabar Christian College, Kozhikode, Affiliated to University of Calicut, Kerala- 673001, India. sant @ mccclt. ac. in; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 4999 - 1971 sant@mccclt.ac.in Author Santhosh, S. 0000-0002-4999-1971 Systematic Entomology Laboratory, Malabar Christian College, Kozhikode, Affiliated to University of Calicut, Kerala- 673001, India. sant @ mccclt. ac. in; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 4999 - 1971 sant@mccclt.ac.in Author Nasser, M. 0000-0002-6460-1839 Insect Ecology and Ethology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Calicut, Kerala- 673635, India. & drnasher @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 6460 - 1839 drnasher@gmail.com text Zootaxa 2021 2021-06-23 4991 1 131 149 journal article 5541 10.11646/zootaxa.4991.1.6 3414c299-776c-46c7-acc2-ef3c185c7b9b 1175-5326 5027662 5D3EAF68-04AE-4C86-B3BF-84379724CB3C Smicromorpha keralensis Narendran, 1979 ( Figs 39–45 ) Smicromorpha keralensis Narendran 1979: 908 . Material examined (images). India : Kerala , Malappuram district , Thenhipalam ( 11.13ºN & 75.89ºE ) 25.vii.1977 , Coll. T . C. Narendran ( NHMUK , holotype ♂ , BMNH (E) #1414901). India : Tamil Nadu , Coimbatore ( 10.98ºN & 76.96ºE ), 25.ix–1.x.1979 , Coll. J. S. Noyes ( ♀ NHMUK , NHMUK 010748969 ) . Diagnosis. Female . Body length 4.59 mm , length of fore wing 3.42 mm ; colour pale yellowish and brownish orange except for following: U-shaped macula on mid lobe of mesoscutum, large spot on scapula, entire axilla ( Fig. 42 ), outer dorsal side of hind coxa brown, hind femur with two brown dorsal spots joining each other dorsomedially, serrulation black, tarsi ivory-coloured, petiole medially and rest of metasomal tergites apically reddish-brownish; pubescence short, with scattered adpressed setae on mesosoma and hind femur. Head with eyes and malar space moderately large, latter with distinct malar carina; antennal scrobe deep, carinately margined, widely separated from inner edge of eye ( Fig. 43 ); frons with median longitudinal groove between median ocellus and antennal scrobe; POL as long as OOL; LOD shorter (0.8×) than OOL ( Fig. 42 ); maximum interocular distance (on vertex) strongly convex at lower eye margin, at least 3.0× as great as minimum distance (at mid-length of face); upper frons reticu- late-punctate, lower part striate; flagellomeres short, subquadrate; pronotal collar angulate, laterally weakly emar- ginate; mesoscutum and scutellum rugose-punctate; mesopleuron finely rugose punctate with distinct sternaulus ( Fig. 43 ); propodeum concave posteriorly with weak median groove, spiracular sulci indistinct; fore wing hyaline with dense brown setae, STV shorter than and at right angle with MV, stump of basalis present ( Fig. 41 ); hind coxa 3.3× as long as wide; hind femur 2.4× as long as wide with blunt basal tooth followed by slightly sinuate serrulation delimiting two, hardly defined lobes; petiole 4.3× as long as wide and high, somewhat swollen before mid-length, dorsally irregularly areolate-rugulose, with oblique carinulae laterally ( Fig. 42 ); transverse lamina distinct, continu- ous to mid-length. Male . Body length 4.31 mm , length of fore wing 2.4 mm ; colour pale yellow with lower face, clypeus, man- dible, antenna, mesosoma, and anterior third of petiole black; U-shaped macula on anterior part of mid lobe of me- soscutum ( Fig. 39 ). Head, mesosoma and hind femur with short adpressed setae; flagellar setae long, curved; hind femur twice as long as wide with weak ventral process followed by serrulation; petiole dorsally minutely reticulate, transverse lamina distinct, continuous and not extending posteromedially to mid-length ( Fig. 40 ). Distribution. Oriental ( India ). Host. Unknown.